I hear a co-op rules review is taking place in Dairygold and the makeup of the rules review committee has led to differences of opinion among members.

A proposal from the board was that this committee should include four board members as well as the chair and secretary. This met some opposition at general and regional committee level. Members of these committees proposed sticking with the makeup of the previous rules review committee of a decade ago. This consisted of two members of each of the six regions plus the secretary. The proposal went to a vote at general committee level and lost in a tight-run affair. The rules review committee will now revert to the old system.

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